Taylor Swift’s Greek Wedding Guest Dress Paid Subtle Homage to Her Childhood Hero

THE RUNDOWN

• Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attended George Karlaftis’s wedding in Glyfada, Greece, earlier this month.
• Close-up photos of Swift at the wedding just came out, revealing the Zimmermann dress she wore.
• The ensemble has a print on it with ties to Swift’s childhood hero, while her shoes continued her outfit’s beach theme.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have attended two weddings this month: one in Brooklyn, where Swift wore a gold Maria Lucia Hohan cutout dress with opal jewelry once owned by Elizabeth Taylor, and a second in Greece. Initially, no close-up photos surfaced of Swift at the latter, so fans weren’t able to see the outfit she wore to watch Kelce’s teammate George Karlaftis get married in Glyfada. But fellow guest Chelsie Enekwechi just shared photos of herself with Swift at the celebration—and revealed a full-length look at Swift’s ensemble.

The singer chose a blue beaded Zimmermann dress illustrated with mermaids, which she wore with Reformation mules that featured shell detailing.

The dress is stunning up close:

And the shoes continued the seaside theme:

The look pays subtle homage to Swift’s childhood hero, Ariel of The Little Mermaid. Swift dressed up as the Disney princess when she had a party for New Year’s Eve on Dec. 31, 2018. She asked her friends to dress up as their favorite characters growing up and shared photos of them together in costume:

Swift has been photographed out more frequently these past few weeks, wearing several looks that feature white pieces in a nod to her bridal era.

Work-wise, Swift has kept her upcoming projects mostly private for now. Last month, she sparked rumors she could be contributing to Toy Story 5’s soundtrack when a countdown briefly appeared on her site featuring blue clouds that resembled the wallpaper in the Toy Story films. Swift hasn’t announced any new music yet, though.

She did discuss her songwriting in an interview with The New York Times published in April. After admitting that criticism has inspired her artistically, Swift shared the advice she gives other musicians about how much feedback to consume.

“I’m like, ‘Why are you reading your comments? Like, that’s too much of it. Like that’s—you’re inundating yourself with too much criticism that doesn’t really have a focus,’” she said. “But I think a little bit of it, you got to just be like, ‘This is part of it. Don’t make this make you stop writing or make you edit yourself or whatever. If it’s an interesting point to you to kind of respond to, then that’s a gift for you to be able to write something—maybe you wouldn’t have written something that day. But don’t like, God. Don’t go to the Notes app and post it. Write about it. Make art about this. Don’t respond to trolls in your comments. That’s not what we want from you. We want your art.”